2008 IIHF World U18 Championships

2008 IIHF World U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
Dates	April 13–24, 2008
Teams	10
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	221 (7.13 per match)
Attendance	66,739 (2,153 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Cody Hodgson (12 points)
MVP	Jake Allen
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The 2008 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Kazan, Russia. The championships began on April 13, 2008, and finished on April 24, 2008. Games were played at TatNeft Arena and Arena Kazan in Kazan. Canada defeated Russia 8–0 in the final to claim the gold medal, while the United States defeated Sweden 6–3 to capture the bronze medal.

Championship results

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Russia	4	4	0	0	0	26	9	12
Canada	4	3	0	0	1	21	7	9
Germany	4	1	1	0	2	13	19	5
Slovakia	4	1	0	1	2	13	19	4
Denmark	4	0	0	0	4	4	23	0

Results

April 13, 2008

Canada

9–2

Germany

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,100

	G. Nemisz (ES) 10:47 T. Hall (PP) 15:50 J. Eberle (PP) 25:29 N. Deschamps (ES) 26:36 T. Myers (ES) 33:06 E. O'Dell (ES) 33:40 N. Deschamps (ES) 41:59 R. Ellis (PP) 42:50 J. Eberle (ES) 54:15 Goals 29:49 (PP) P. Pohl 53:47 (ES) D. Weiss

April 13, 2008

Slovakia

4–6

Russia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 7,400

	M. Viedenský (SH) 08:30 M. Preisinger (PP) 47:30 T. Hričina (ES) 55:35 T. Hričina (PP) 59:44 Goals 08:52 (PP) A. Loktionov 17:09 (PP) K. Petrov 21:31 (ES) A. Lazarev 41:53 (ES) I. Golovkov 48:21 (PP) M. Chudinov 56:34 (ES) V. Kulemin

April 14, 2008

Slovakia

5–2

Denmark

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 700

	T. Hričina (ES) 29:09 M. Šiška (PP) 35:45 P. Slimák (ES) 46:05 M. Lisoň (ES) 46:33 M. Štajnoch (PP) 54:16 Goals 43:44 (PP) A. Jensen 54:43 (ES) A. Jensen

April 14, 2008

Germany

2–6

Russia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 5,600

	M. Forster (PP) 13:39 T. Ritter (ES) 41:54 Goals 26:03 (PP) K. Petrov 33:09 (ES) N. Filatov 35:03 (PP) D. Kugryshev 49:17 (ES) A. Loktionov 50:55 (SH) N. Filatov 55:27 (ES) E. Grachev

April 15, 2008

Denmark

1–4

Canada

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,100

	K. Christensen (PP) 36:07 Goals 15:30 (ES) M. Scandella 23:36 (ES) C. Trivino 28:27 (ES) C. Trivino 50:47 (ES) C. Trivino

April 16, 2008

Germany

5–4 (SO)

Slovakia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 600

	M. Forster (ES) 00:09 M. El-Sayed (SH) 11:40 T. Kimmel (ES) 30:40 J. Flaake (ES) 37:11 D. Weiss (SO) 65:00 Goals 07:21 (SH) M. Uhnák 20:39 (ES) T. Hričina 26:58 (PP) R. Pánik 28:41 (ES) M. Preisinger

April 16, 2008

Russia

4–2

Canada

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 10,000

	D. Kugryshev (ES) 23:21 A. Loktionov (PP) 39:10 E. Grachev (ES) 47:43 P. Chernov (ES) 55:35 Goals 31:36 (PP) R. Ellis 33:44 (ES) M. Duchene

April 17, 2008

Denmark

0–4

Germany

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 500

	Goals 11:06 (ES) M. Hofbauer 25:25 (ES) D. Weiss 36:59 (ES) T. Biersack 54:20 (ES) P. Pohl

April 18, 2008

Canada

6–0

Slovakia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,000

	C. Hodgson (ES) 00:40 M. Duchene (PP) 10:41 M. Duchene (PP) 31:51 J. Lagace (ES) 33:53 M. Duchene (PP) 54:17 G. Nemisz (ES) 55:09 Goals

April 18, 2008

Russia

10–1

Denmark

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 6,400

	A. Lazarev (ES) 05:31 A. Yarchuk (ES) 11:03 K. Petrov (PP) 26:46 I. Biryukov (ES) 30:25 N. Filatov (SH) 36:26 A. Raisov (ES) 42:02 K. Petrov (PP) 43:42 A. Lazarev (ES) 50:02 P. Chernov (PP) 53:31 A. Yarchuk (PP) 54:47 Goals 32:35 (SH) S. Svendsen

Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	23	9	12
United States	4	3	0	0	1	20	12	9
Finland	4	2	0	0	2	15	15	6
Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	9	21	3
Belarus	4	0	0	0	4	9	19	0

Results

April 13, 2008

Sweden

6–2

Belarus

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 650

	J. Josefson (ES) 09:42 J. Mattsson (ES) 25:49 A. Petersson (PP) 40:20 J. Josefson (ES) 50:58 J. Josefson (PP) 54:09 M. Ekholm (ES) 55:57 Goals 12:32 (ES) A. Fomin 57:39 (PP) A. Fomin

April 13, 2008

Switzerland

2–7

United States

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 630

	P. Geering (ES) 14:41 M. Kampf (PP) 52:46 Goals 16:07 (PP) J. Florek 21:07 (ES) J. Morin 21:34 (ES) C. Moore 31:57 (ES) P. McRae 40:06 (ES) D. Kristo 54:40 (ES) P. McRae 59:08 (PP) J. Morin

April 14, 2008

Belarus

2–5

United States

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 700

	A. Fomin (ES) 03:31 S. Sheleg (PP) 46:00 Goals 14:47 (ES) D. Wohlberg 18:15 (PP) P. McRae 33:17 (ES) J. Schroeder 38:03 (PP) J. Morin 58:09 (EN) J. Florek

April 14, 2008

Switzerland

3–5

Finland

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 650

	P. Geering (ES) 25:15 S. Ryser (PP) 45:21 P. Gemperli (PP) 56:03 Goals 03:25 (ES) T. Rajala 18:45 (PP) J. Sallinen 20:20 (ES) M. Sointu 32:24 (PP) J. Nättinen 50:07 (ES) T. Rajala

April 15, 2008

Finland

3–5

Sweden

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 860

	J. Nättinen (PP) 04:08 M. Sointu (PP) 36:11 T. Hartikainen (ES) 49:51 Goals 23:46 (ES) H. Björklund 24:24 (ES) A. Petersson 30:59 (PP) M. Pääjärvi-Svensson 43:51 (ES) H. Eriksson 59:39 (EN) M. Johansson

April 16, 2008

Belarus

2–4

Switzerland

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 300

	S. Drozd (PP) 26:32 A. Fomin (ES) 52:08 Goals 02:03 (ES) M. Kampf 19:25 (ES) P. Geering 27:42 (ES) A. Berger 59:04 (EN) A. Kampf

April 16, 2008

United States

4–5

Sweden

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 550

	J. Schroeder (ES) 19:21 C. Moore (ES) 23:26 J. Morin (ES) 34:29 D. Wohlberg (ES) 43:50 Goals 09:06 (PP) M. Tedenby 35:36 (ES) M. Tedenby 39:10 (PP) J. Josefson 50:10 (PP) D. Bozic 59:44 (ES) A. Petersson

April 17, 2008

Finland

4–3

Belarus

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 639

	T. Rajala (ES) 16:23 I. Pitkänen (PP) 37:12 M. Sointu (ES) 41:01 P. Jormakka (ES) 55:29 Goals 15:36 (PP) S. Sheleg 23:54 (ES) S. Drozd 34:24 (ES) A. Fomin

April 18, 2008

Sweden

7–0

Switzerland

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 300

	A. Petersson (PP) 02:58 L. Sandström (ES) 13:22 M. Johansson (ES) 26:46 M. Pääjärvi-Svensson (ES) 27:13 J. Mattsson (SH) 35:00 M. Johansson (PP) 38:13 M. Tedenby (ES) 57:53 Goals

April 18, 2008

United States

4–3

Finland

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 770

	J. Schroeder (ES) 00:53 K. Palmieri (ES) 05:09 J. Florek (PP) 10:04 R. Grimshaw (ES) 41:16 Goals 04:19 (ES) J. Rask 31:08 (PP) T. Hartikainen 42:31 (PP) T. Kivistö

Relegation round

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	0	14	5	9
Switzerland	3	2	0	0	1	12	6	6
Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	9	12	3
Denmark	3	0	0	0	3	5	17	0

Results

Note: The following matches from the preliminary round carry forward to the relegation round:

• April 14, 2008:  Slovakia 5–2  Denmark
• April 16, 2008:   Switzerland 4–2  Belarus

April 20, 2008

Belarus

1–6

Slovakia

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 125

	I. Revenko (ES) 45:29 Goals 01:58 (ES) R. Pánik 14:13 (PP) R. Pánik 14:49 (ES) A. Lapšanký 27:26 (ES) R. Pánik 34:49 (ES) M. Preisinger 56:53 (ES) T. Hričina

April 20, 2008

Switzerland

6–1

Denmark

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 195

	N. Niederreiter (PP) 17:39 A. Berger (ES) 25:28 R. Jose (ES) 32:33 D. Schlumpf (PP) 34:13 S. Ryser (PP) 39:42 O. Baur (ES) 56:25 Goals 38:08 (PP) K. Christensen

April 21, 2008

Denmark

2–6

Belarus

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 200

	N. Carlsen (PP) 37:56 S. Svendsen (ES) 57:59 Goals 05:50 (ES) Y. Solomonov 07:01 (PP) I. Revenko 32:03 (PP) Y. Stepanov 40:36 (PP) I. Revenko 48:12 (ES) A. Fomin 56:19 (ES) S. Korolik

April 21, 2008

Slovakia

3–2

Switzerland

Arena Kazan, Kazan Attendance: 120

	M. Hrivík (PP) 41:39 A. Lapšanský (ES) 47:23 M. Uhnák (ES) 59:50 Goals 39:22 (ES) M. Kampf 52:07 (ES) S. Ryser

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

B1

Sweden

2

A2

Canada

2

A2

Canada

3

B3

Finland

1

A2

Canada

8

A1

Russia

0

A1

Russia

3

B2

United States

4

B2

United States

1

Third place

A3

Germany

1

B1

Sweden

3

B2

United States

6

Quarterfinals

April 20, 2008

Canada

2–1

Finland

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,600

	T. Cuma (PP) 15:03 C. Hodgson (PP) 30:57 Goals 54:13 (SH) J. Lajunen

April 20, 2008

United States

4–1

Germany

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,700

	R. Czarnik (ES) 04:40 D. Wohlberg (ES) 24:38 C. Moore (ES) 30:35 K. Palmieri (ES) 51:36 Goals 21:56 (PP) D. Weiss

Semifinals

April 21, 2008

Sweden

2–3

Canada

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,500

	M. Tedenby (ES) 05:51 J. Silfverberg (ES) 21:08 Goals 06:28 (ES) M. Duchene 28:46 (PP) T. Hall 46:52 (PP) T. Hall

April 21, 2008

Russia

3–1

United States

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 9,500

	V. Voinov (PP) 15:34 A. Raisov (ES) 37:24 K. Petrov (EN) 58:52 Goals 54:11 (ES) R. Bourque

Fifth place game

April 22, 2008

Finland

3–4

Germany

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 350

	J. Sallinen (ES) 10:15 E. Haula (SH) 44:43 P. Jormakka (PP) 53:04 Goals 19:58 (ES) S. Hanusch 27:31 (PP) T. Kimmel 35:34 (ES) T. Ritter 59:23 (SH) F. Strobl

Bronze medal game

April 23, 2008

Sweden

3–6

United States

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 1,100

	V. Hedman (PP) 14:23 H. Björklund (ES) 30:39 M. Lundberg (ES) 34:22 Goals 19:10 (ES) R. Bourque 19:26 (ES) R. Czarnik 25:12 (ES) R. Czarnik 27:34 (ES) J. Morin 39:20 (ES) D. Kristo 55:37 (ES) J. Morin

Gold medal game

April 23, 2008

Canada

8–0

Russia

Tatneft Arena, Kazan Attendance: 10,000

	N. Deschamps (SH) 04:32 C. Trivino (ES) 09:02 J. Eberle (PP) 15:06 B. Schenn (ES) 15:55 J. Eberle (ES) 17:05 T. Cuma (PP) 27:14 B. McMillan (ES) 37:15 T. Hall (ES) 46:49 Goals

Final standings

Rk.	Team
01 !	Canada
02 !	Russia
03 !	United States
4	Sweden
5	Germany
6	Finland
7	Slovakia
8	Switzerland
9	Belarus
10	Denmark

 Belarus and  Denmark are relegated to Division I for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Scoring leaders

Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Cody Hodgson	Canada	7	2	10	12	8
Igor Revenko	Belarus	6	3	8	11	6
Richard Pánik	Slovakia	6	4	6	10	0
Jordan Eberle	Canada	7	4	6	10	0
Taylor Hall	Canada	7	4	5	9	4
Nikita Filatov	Russia	6	3	6	9	29
Alexander Fomin	Belarus	6	6	2	8	0
Jeremy Morin	United States	7	6	2	8	6
Matt Duchene	Canada	7	5	3	8	6
André Petersson	Sweden	6	4	4	8	2
Mattias Tedenby	Sweden	5	4	4	8	35
Andrei Loktionov	Russia	6	3	5	8	29
Robbie Czarnik	United States	7	3	5	8	10

Goaltending leaders

(Minimum 60 minutes played)

Player	Country	MINS	GA	Sv%	GAA	SO
Jake Allen	Canada	420:00	10	.948	1.43	2
Brandon Maxwell	United States	298:23	11	.926	2.21	0
Danila Alistratov	Russia	144:05	7	.870	2.91	0
Marek Čiliak	Slovakia	180:00	9	.906	3.00	0
Jacob Markström	Sweden	355:09	18	.863	3.04	1

Tournament awards

All-Star team

• Goaltender: Jake Allen
• Defensemen: Victor Hedman, Vyacheslav Voinov
• Forwards: Nikita Filatov, Kirill Petrov, Mattias Tedenby

Best players

• Top Goaltender: Jake Allen
• Top Defenseman: Erik Karlsson
• Top Forward: Kirill Petrov

MVP

• Jake Allen

Division I

Group A

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division I tournament, which was played in Toruń, Poland from April 2 through April 8, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Czech Republic	5	5	0	0	0	36	5	15
Kazakhstan	5	3	0	0	2	19	13	9
Lithuania	5	2	0	0	3	13	26	6
Poland	5	2	0	0	3	7	18	6
Ukraine	5	2	0	0	3	8	12	6
Slovenia	5	1	0	0	4	15	24	3

 Czech Republic is promoted to the Championship tournament and  Slovenia is relegated to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	Czech Republic	Kazakhstan	Lithuania	Poland	Slovenia	Ukraine
Czech Republic		7 - 0	7 - 1	9 - 0	8 - 2	5 - 2
Kazakhstan	0 - 7		9 - 0	1 - 4	7 - 2	2 - 0
Lithuania	1 - 7	0 - 9		2 - 3	6 - 5	4 - 2
Poland	0 - 9	4 - 1	3 - 2		0 - 5	0 - 1
Slovenia	2 - 8	2 - 7	5 - 6	5 - 0		1 - 3
Ukraine	2 - 5	0 - 2	2 - 4	1 - 0	3 - 1

Group B

The following teams will take part in Group B of the Division I tournament, which will be played in Riga, Latvia from April 2 through April 8, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Norway	5	5	0	0	0	15	3	15
Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	21	2	12
Austria	5	2	1	0	2	11	6	8
Italy	5	2	0	1	2	17	10	7
Japan	5	1	0	0	4	12	26	3
Netherlands	5	0	0	0	5	4	33	0

 Norway is promoted to the Championship tournament and  Netherlands is relegated to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	Austria	Italy	Japan	Latvia	Netherlands	Norway
Austria		2 - 1 (OT)	6 - 1	0 - 2	2 - 0	1 - 2
Italy	1 - 2 (OT)		4 - 3	1 - 3	10 - 0	1 - 2
Japan	1 - 6	3 - 4		0 - 9	7 - 4	1 - 3
Latvia	2 - 0	3 - 1	9 - 0		7 - 0	0 - 1
Netherlands	0 - 2	0 - 10	4 - 7	0 - 7		0 - 7
Norway	2 - 1	2 - 1	3 - 1	1 - 0	7 - 0

Division II

Group A

The following teams took part in Group A of the Division II tournament, which was played in Meribel and Courchevel, France from March 30 through April 5, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
France	5	5	0	0	0	53	4	15
South Korea	5	3	1	0	1	31	9	11
Croatia	5	3	0	0	2	32	24	9
Belgium	5	2	0	1	2	14	30	7
China	5	1	0	0	4	14	52	3
Australia	5	0	0	0	5	8	33	0

 France is promoted to Division I and  Australia is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	Australia	Belgium	China	Croatia	France	South Korea
Australia		1 - 2	4 - 5	1 - 6	2 - 10	0 - 10
Belgium	2 - 1		5 - 4	4 - 5	0 - 16	3 - 4 (OT)
China	5 - 4	4 - 5		5 - 17	0 - 16	0 - 10
Croatia	6 - 1	5 - 4	17 - 5		1 - 8	3 - 6
France	10 - 2	16 - 0	16 - 0	8 - 1		3 - 1
South Korea	10 - 0	4 - 3 (OT)	10 - 0	6 - 3	1 - 3

Group B

The following teams took part in Group B of the Division II tournament, which was played in Tallinn, Estonia at Arena Premia from March 23 through March 29, 2008.

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	PTS
Hungary	5	4	0	0	1	37	12	12
Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	27	11	12
Estonia	5	3	0	0	2	20	14	9
Romania	5	2	0	0	3	32	21	6
Spain	5	2	0	0	3	20	21	6
Israel	5	0	0	0	5	11	68	0

 Hungary is promoted to Division I and  Israel is relegated to Division III for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.

Results

Team	Spain	Estonia	Great Britain	Hungary	Israel	Romania
Spain		1 - 2	2 - 4	4 - 3	12 - 4	1 - 8
Estonia	2 - 1		3 - 5	2 - 3	10 - 3	3 - 2
Great Britain	4 - 2	5 - 3		1 - 3	12 - 0	5 - 3
Hungary	3 - 4	3 - 2	3 - 1		19 - 1	9 - 4
Israel	4 - 12	3 - 10	0 - 12	1 - 19		3 - 15
Romania	8 - 1	2 - 3	3 - 5	4 - 9	15 - 3

Division III

Division III consisted of two separate tournaments. The Group A tournament was held between 2 and 8 March 2008 in Mexico City, Mexico and the Group B tournament was held between 3 and 9 March 2008 in İzmit, Turkey. Mexico and Serbia won the Group A and Group B tournaments respectively and gained promotion to Division II for the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships.^[1][2]

Final standings

See also

• 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division I
• 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division II
• 2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III

References

1. ↑ "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Div. III Group A". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-04. 
2. ↑ "2008 IIHF World U18 Championship Div. III Group B". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-01-04. 

External links

• Official results and statistics from the International Ice Hockey Federation
  • Championship
  • Division I – Group A
  • Division I – Group B
  • Division II – Group A
  • Division II – Group B
  • Division III – Group A
  • Division III – Group B